Course Details
Course Details
What You'll Learn
This course prepares you for the Professional certification exam, covering all official exam domains and their approximate weightings:
Domain 1 Section 1: Designing and planning a cloud solution architecture (25%)
- Design cloud infrastructure meeting business requirements: use cases/product strategy, functional & non-functional requirements, business continuity, cost optimization, workload disposition (build/buy/modify/deprecate), KPIs/ROI, security & compliance, observability
- Design cloud infrastructure meeting technical requirements: Well-Architected Framework alignment, HA/fail-over design, resource flexibility, scalability, performance/latency, Gemini Cloud Assist, backup & recovery
- Design network, storage, and compute resources: on-prem/multicloud integration, Google Cloud AI/ML solutions (Gemini LLMs, Agent Builder, Model Garden, AI Hypercomputer), cloud-native networking (VPC, peering, firewalls, load balancers, shared VPC, Private Service Connect), data processing/storage type selection, mapping compute needs to platform products (GKE, Cloud Run), choosing compute resources (spot VMs, custom machine types)
- Create a migration plan: integrating with existing systems, assessing/migrating systems & data (Google Cloud Migration Center), migration methodologies/workload testing/network & dependency planning, software license & financial impact
- Envision future solution improvements: cloud/technology evolution, evolving business needs, cloud-first design approach
Domain 2 Section 2: Managing and provisioning a cloud solution infrastructure (17.5%)
- Configure network topologies: hybrid and multicloud extension, security protection (intrusion protection, access control, firewalls), VPC design and load balancing
- Configure individual storage systems: data storage allocation, processing/compute provisioning, security/access management, data transfer & latency, retention/lifecycle management, data growth planning, backup & recovery
- Configure compute systems: resource provisioning, compute volatility (spot vs standard), cloud-native network config for compute (Compute Engine, GKE, serverless, VMware Engine), infrastructure orchestration & patch management, container orchestration, serverless computing
- Leverage Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform for end-to-end ML workflows: Agent Platform Pipelines, data integration, AI Hypercomputer usage (GPUs/TPUs, large-scale model training)
- Configure prebuilt solutions or APIs with Agent Platform: Google AI APIs (Search, Conversation, Vision, Image, Video, Audio), Gemini Enterprise features (AI Agents, NotebookLM), integrating Model Garden models
Domain 3 Section 3: Designing for security and compliance (17.5%)
- Design for security: IAM, resource hierarchy (orgs/folders/projects), data security (key management, encryption, secret management), separation of duties
- Security controls: auditing, VPC Service Controls, context-aware access, organization policy, hierarchical firewall policy, Cloud KMS customer-managed keys
- Secure remote access: Identity-Aware Proxy, service account impersonation, Chrome Enterprise Premium, Workload Identity Federation; securing the software supply chain and securing AI (Model Armor, Sensitive Data Protection, secure model deployment)
- Design for compliance: legislation/regulation (health, children's, data privacy, sovereignty), commercial sensitive data (PCI, PII), industry certifications (e.g., SOC 2), audits and logs
Domain 4 Section 4: Analyzing and optimizing technical and business processes (15%)
- Analyze and define technical processes: SDLC, CI/CD, troubleshooting/root cause analysis, testing & validation of software/infrastructure, service catalog & provisioning, disaster recovery
- Analyze and define business processes: stakeholder management (influencing/facilitation), change management, team assessment/skills readiness, decision-making processes, customer success management, cost/resource optimization (CapEx/OpEx), business continuity
Domain 5 Section 5: Managing implementation (12.5%)
- Advise development and operations teams on deployment: application & infrastructure deployment, API management best practices (Apigee), testing frameworks (load/unit/integration), data & system migration/management tooling, Gemini Cloud Assist
- Interact with Google Cloud programmatically: Cloud Shell Editor/Code/Terminal, Google Cloud SDKs (gcloud, gsutil, bq), cloud emulators (Bigtable, Spanner, Pub/Sub, Firestore), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), Google API best practices and client libraries
Domain 6 Section 6: Ensuring solution and operations excellence (12.5%)
- Understand and apply the operational excellence pillar of the Google Cloud Well-Architected Framework
- Google Cloud Observability: monitoring and logging, profiling and benchmarking, alerting strategies
- Deployment and release management
- Assist with support of deployed solutions and evaluate quality control measures
- Ensure reliability of solutions in production: chaos engineering, penetration testing, load testing
Course Info
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Minimum Entry Requirement
Knowledge and Skills
- Able to operate using computer functions
- Minimum 3 GCE ‘O’ Levels Passes including English or WPL Level 5 (Average of Reading, Listening, Speaking & Writing Scores)
Attitude
- Positive Learning Attitude
- Enthusiastic Learner
Experience
- Minimum of 1 year of working experience.
Target Age Group: 18-65 years old
Minimum Software/Hardware Requirement
Software:
TBD
Hardware: Window or Mac Laptops
Job Roles
Job Roles
- Cloud Engineer
- Systems Engineer
- DevOps Engineer
- IT Manager
- Solutions Architect
- Network Engineer
- Software Developer
- Data Engineer
- Security Engineer
- Technical Support Engineer
- Infrastructure Engineer
- Application Developer
- IT Consultant
- Cloud Consultant
- Cloud Architect
Trainers
Trainers
is an accomplished IT and data specialist with over 20 years of experience in academia, ICT leadership, and professional training, with a strong focus on data analytics and Excel-based solutions. He has developed and delivered specialized training programs on Statistical Data Analysis with Excel and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) for Excel, equipping learners with advanced data manipulation, automation, and reporting skills. His expertise extends to automating institutional reporting systems, where he successfully streamlined academic records management through Excel-based tools, integrating macros and automation to improve efficiency and accuracy. As a trainer and consultant, Dr. Siraj has taught Excel to diverse audiences, including university staff, administrative teams, and professionals in banking, security, and education, ensuring they can apply Excel for decision-making, statistical modeling, and process automation. His practical mastery of Excel is complemented by his deep knowledge of office automation and ICT project management, making him a highly sought-after trainer in data analysis and productivity tools. With his blend of hands-on technical expertise and instructional experience, Dr. Siraj stands out as a credible authority in leveraging Excel to drive organizational efficiency and data-driven strategies
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Well organised course with clear objectives. The step-by-step approach made it easy to follow. (Posted on 1/16/2025)1. Do you find the course meet your expectation? 2. Do you find the trainer knowledgeable in this subject? 3. How do you find the training environment - Very satisfied Review by Course Participant/Trainee
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Good hands-on training with plenty of examples. I feel much more confident applying these skills now. (Posted on 6/17/2024)1. Do you find the course meet your expectation? 2. Do you find the trainer knowledgeable in this subject? 3. How do you find the training environment - Hands-on and practical Review by Course Participant/Trainee
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Great course materials and well-paced lessons. The exercises really helped me understand the topic. (Posted on 2/15/2024)1. Do you find the course meet your expectation? 2. Do you find the trainer knowledgeable in this subject? 3. How do you find the training environment - Good course materials Review by Course Participant/Trainee
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